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"A bold attempt to explore the interplay among violence, society, and how street artists provide a dialogue to community in Bogot�, Colombia.-- ""Choice"" Griffin offers an original and thoughtful study of street art's appropriation of violence and its reception in the urban imaginary in Bogot�. The book explores how street artists emerge as potential voices of dissent and chroniclers of the long-engrained and systemic iterations of violence in Colombia.--Alejandro Herrero-Olaizola, University of Michigan Griffin reveals how graffiti in Bogot� inserts itself in discourses about violence in the region. This book gives readers a unique and unprecedented insight into street art practices in the city. The author is a gifted storyteller and scholar who deploys a complex and multilayered account of the Bogot� graffiti scene.--Guisela Latorre, The Ohio State University ""A bold attempt to explore the interplay among violence, society, and how street artists provide a dialogue to community in Bogot�, Colombia."" --Choice ""Griffin offers an original and thoughtful study of street art's appropriation of violence and its reception in the urban imaginary in Bogot�. The book explores how street artists emerge as potential voices of dissent and chroniclers of the long-engrained and systemic iterations of violence in Colombia."" --Alejandro Herrero-Olaizola, University of Michigan ""Griffin reveals how graffiti in Bogot� inserts itself in discourses about violence in the region. This book gives readers a unique and unprecedented insight into street art practices in the city. The author is a gifted storyteller and scholar who deploys a complex and multilayered account of the Bogot� graffiti scene."" --Guisela Latorre, The Ohio State University"

Griffin offers an original and thoughtful study of street art's appropriation of violence and its reception in the urban imaginary in Bogota. The book explores how street artists emerge as potential voices of dissent and chroniclers of the long-engrained and systemic iterations of violence in Colombia. --Alejandro Herrero-Olaizola, University of Michigan Griffin reveals how graffiti in Bogota inserts itself in discourses about violence in the region. This book gives readers a unique and unprecedented insight into street art practices in the city. The author is a gifted storyteller and scholar who deploys a complex and multilayered account of the Bogota graffiti scene. --Guisela Latorre, The Ohio State University

A bold attempt to explore the interplay among violence, society, and how street artists provide a dialogue to community in Bogotá, Colombia.-- ""Choice Reviews"" Griffin offers an original and thoughtful study of street art's appropriation of violence and its reception in the urban imaginary in Bogotá. The book explores how street artists emerge as potential voices of dissent and chroniclers of the long-engrained and systemic iterations of violence in Colombia.--Alejandro Herrero-Olaizola, University of Michigan Griffin reveals how graffiti in Bogotá inserts itself in discourses about violence in the region. This book gives readers a unique and unprecedented insight into street art practices in the city. The author is a gifted storyteller and scholar who deploys a complex and multilayered account of the Bogotá graffiti scene.--Guisela Latorre, The Ohio State University Thoroughly researched and written, Reading the Streets of Bogotá is a compelling read for people interested in the relation between culture and politics, contemporary violence, and urban spaces in Latin America and beyond.-- ""A Contracorriente""

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Alba Griffin is a researcher and associate lecturer in Latin American cultural studies, with a particular interest in violence, popular culture, and urban ethnography. She teaches at Newcastle University and works for the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the same institution.

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